Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo (PGNiG) is planning to invest PLN 700 million in the two largest crude oil and natural gas production installations in Lubiatów and Dębno. Production will be increased and the operation of these mines will be extended for 15-20 years.

Both plants produce both crude oil and gas, with crude oil being the main product. In Lubiatów and Dębno over 480,000 tonnes are mined per year, which constitutes as much as 75% of the entire domestic oil production by PGNiG.

Investments in the Dębno Crude Oil and Natural Gas Mine will include the expansion of the technical installation and modernization of the Central Center and the construction of an electricity generator.

“This will enable to connect the operation of three wells in the Różańsko natural gas field, from which PGNiG will produce approximately 80 million m3 of gas per year, converted into high-methane gas.

Oil production in Dębno will also increase. PGNiG is planning five new production wells, which will allow the production of an additional 440,000 m3. tons of crude oil. In Lubiatów, it is planned to connect new production wells and install gas injection compressors in order to stimulate oil production.

PGNiG expects that, as a consequence, the production of natural gas will be increased by 100 million m3 per year, calculated as high-methane gas, thus doubling the current production of this fuel. The works planned in Lubiatów and Dębno will extend the period of operation of the mine by 15-20 years.

Last year alone, PGNiG paid over PLN 56 million in taxes to the budgets of local governments in the Lubuskie, Wielkopolskie and Zachodniopomorskie provinces, where there are deposits exploited by mines and the installations, over PLN 56 million in real estate tax and maintenance fees depending on the level of hydrocarbon production.

Arkadiusz Słomczyński